I watched a superb and brandnew Bob Marley documentary the other day but I´m not sure if you can watch it in your region. Maybe with VPN or if you use an Opera browser?

It´s 139 minutes long and very, very well-made and informative, and also sheds some light on his not so pleasant sides, but all in all an excellent documentary.

https://www.arte.tv/de/vi...-A/marley/

Arte also has the Uprising concert on its page;

https://www.arte.tv/de/vi...sing-live/

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The docu also focuses on how certain songs came to be, his relatives, his ties to some criminals, his distant relationship with his children, his many women and how they coped with sharing him, and how he became a Rastafarian . They also show pictures and footage from his time in a German cancer clinic.

Legend, Uprising and Bob Marley and the Wailers Live are great albums.

I like the song War a lot. Pimper´s Paradise, Rat Race and Concrete Jungle are also some of my favorite Marley songs.

Great man, great music.

Love Bob Marley's music.

This documentary is pretty good, there's a few of them.


https://www.youtube.com/w...sTEx1s7PH4


One of my favorite albums is Live at the Roxy but I'm partial to great live shows.

His best album to me might be Catch A Fire or Natty Dread. So many great songs.

Dalia11 said:

KoolEaze said:

I watched a superb and brandnew Bob Marley documentary the other day but I´m not sure if you can watch it in your region. Maybe with VPN or if you use an Opera browser?

It´s 139 minutes long and very, very well-made and informative, and also sheds some light on his not so pleasant sides, but all in all an excellent documentary.

https://www.arte.tv/de/vi...-A/marley/

Arte also has the Uprising concert on its page;

https://www.arte.tv/de/vi...sing-live/

.

The docu also focuses on how certain songs came to be, his relatives, his ties to some criminals, his distant relationship with his children, his many women and how they coped with sharing him, and how he became a Rastafarian . They also show pictures and footage from his time in a German cancer clinic.

Legend, Uprising and Bob Marley and the Wailers Live are great albums.

I like the song War a lot. Pimper´s Paradise, Rat Race and Concrete Jungle are also some of my favorite Marley songs.

Great man, great music.

Ah man, I hoped for a new documntary but it's the old Marley doc from 2012.
Great doc tho!

JorisE73 said:

KoolEaze said:

I watched a superb and brandnew Bob Marley documentary the other day but I´m not sure if you can watch it in your region. Maybe with VPN or if you use an Opera browser?

It´s 139 minutes long and very, very well-made and informative, and also sheds some light on his not so pleasant sides, but all in all an excellent documentary.

https://www.arte.tv/de/vi...-A/marley/

Arte also has the Uprising concert on its page;

https://www.arte.tv/de/vi...sing-live/

.

The docu also focuses on how certain songs came to be, his relatives, his ties to some criminals, his distant relationship with his children, his many women and how they coped with sharing him, and how he became a Rastafarian . They also show pictures and footage from his time in a German cancer clinic.

Legend, Uprising and Bob Marley and the Wailers Live are great albums.

I like the song War a lot. Pimper´s Paradise, Rat Race and Concrete Jungle are also some of my favorite Marley songs.

Great man, great music.

Ah man, I hoped for a new documntary but it's the old Marley doc from 2012.
Great doc tho!

Oh, sorry about that. I thought it was new because it was announced as if it were a brandnew documentary. I should´ve taken a closer look.

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My husband and I are big fans of Bob's. Have been for over 30 years. He has so many great songs and his vibe is always inspirational. I hope Bob continues to gain many new fans as they discover his amazing body of work. Long live Bob Marley!!

Bob Marley is one of my all time favorite artists! I have been listening to his music for over 30 years.

Recently I have started learning to play bass guitar and this has led me to listening a lot of Marley's music again. Why? Relatively simple and mostly repetitive bass lines that are awesome to listen to and relatively easy to figure out and to play. And of course the slower tempo is a godsend for this absolute beginner. Thanks again Bob and the Wailers!

Dalia11 said:

Some of my favorite songs I have been listening to over the years: So Jah Seh, Forever Loving Jah, Natural Mystic, Jamming, Three little birds, Get Up Stand Up.

Great songs ,specially So Jah Seh, Natural Mystic and Get Up.

Dalia11 said:

Some of my favorite songs I have been listening to over the years: So Jah Seh, Forever Loving Jah, Natural Mystic, Jamming, Three little birds, Get Up Stand Up.

All great songs , especially Natural Mystic.

Did you know that Prince almost toured with Bob Marley in the early days? They had the same manager (Don Taylor) for a very brief time and it almost happened, but Bob had a problem with the way Prince dressed back then. This was around the time of the Dirty Mind tour.

Imagine Prince and Bob going on tour together....such drastically different musicians and different fans.

Prince had a lot of respect for "Bob Marley" and loved that he was marketed as a "rock star" and allowed to find his audience and not pigeoned-holed.

To read more about the Marley and Prince encounter, try to get your hands on the Jamaican edition of "Marley and Me" by Don Taylor. Don made it clear that whoever works with Prince will make a lot of money but he (Don) decided not to do it because he realized Prince would be very demanding.

Back to Marley...I always come back to his great music. I prefer his latter Island stuff but it is all good. I also suggest googling his lyrics if you don't have them or buying a book with his lyrics...there is so much wisdom in his lyrics. This man spread a religion around the world largely on the power of his music and the insight in his lyrics...

One Love!

Have y'all heard High Tide or Low Tide? one of his most beautiful and touching lyrics, Concrete Jungle is another of his underrated masterpieces, Rainbow Children as well.

DonRants said:

Prince had a lot of respect for "Bob Marley" and loved that he was marketed as a "rock star" and allowed to find his audience and not pigeoned-holed.

To read more about the Marley and Prince encounter, try to get your hands on the Jamaican edition of "Marley and Me" by Don Taylor. Don made it clear that whoever works with Prince will make a lot of money but he (Don) decided not to do it because he realized Prince would be very demanding.

Back to Marley...I always come back to his great music. I prefer his latter Island stuff but it is all good. I also suggest googling his lyrics if you don't have them or buying a book with his lyrics...there is so much wisdom in his lyrics. This man spread a religion around the world largely on the power of his music and the insight in his lyrics...

One Love!

Thanks for the info. The only info I got on that encounter was from Prince biographies so it is good to hear or read another perspective.

Dalia11 said:

Concrete Jungle is a popular song, one of my favorites. I just listened to Rainbow Children and High or Low Tide - excellent tracks!

They are all excellent, his best album in my opinion is Catch On Fire lyrically and musically.

Dalia11 said:

Peter Tosh also wrote great songs!

Yes, Peter Tosh is also a fantastic reggae artist, he had lots of brilliant songs.

KoolEaze said:

DonRants said:

Prince had a lot of respect for "Bob Marley" and loved that he was marketed as a "rock star" and allowed to find his audience and not pigeoned-holed.

To read more about the Marley and Prince encounter, try to get your hands on the Jamaican edition of "Marley and Me" by Don Taylor. Don made it clear that whoever works with Prince will make a lot of money but he (Don) decided not to do it because he realized Prince would be very demanding.

Back to Marley...I always come back to his great music. I prefer his latter Island stuff but it is all good. I also suggest googling his lyrics if you don't have them or buying a book with his lyrics...there is so much wisdom in his lyrics. This man spread a religion around the world largely on the power of his music and the insight in his lyrics...

One Love!

Thanks for the info. The only info I got on that encounter was from Prince biographies so it is good to hear or read another perspective.

You are welcome KoolEaze!

Yes Peter Tosh is also amazing...That whole era of Roots Reggae.the 1970s to early 1980s...what a golden age of consciousness...other names worth checking out : Dennis Brown, Third World, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, Eek-a-Mouse, and Steel Puls,e to name a few

DonRants said:

KoolEaze said:

Thanks for the info. The only info I got on that encounter was from Prince biographies so it is good to hear or read another perspective.

You are welcome KoolEaze!

Yes Peter Tosh is also amazing...That whole era of Roots Reggae.the 1970s to early 1980s...what a golden age of consciousness...other names worth checking out : Dennis Brown, Third World, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, Eek-a-Mouse, and Steel Puls,e to name a few

Oh I absolutely love all those you mentioned, especially Dennis Brown and Steel Pulse. I´m also a Black Uhuru and Barrington Levy fan. Sometimes I listen to old Barrington Levy songs for hours. There are so many great songs he did forty years ago that he himself barely remembers these days.

I also like Gregory Isaacs a lot.